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Birmingham won their match against Man City 3-1 quite comfortably and are looking to win the relegation fight and see themselves 4 points clear off the danger zone. One cannot ignore their sudden turnaround and one young man who seems to have found his goal scoring form just at the time when Birmingham needed it in the absence of injured starlet McFadden and the man is 21 year old Argentinean Mauro Zarate.

He is on loan at Birmingham from Qatar-based outfit Al-Sadd and joined blues in the Jan transfer window, he took his time to settle in Premier League and has announced his arrival by scoring a brace against Man City.

After playing few games he has adapted well and seems to have settled well and now he seems to be struck by the life at Birmingham and wants to settle in England. Zarate only moved to Qatar last year in a shock move to the lucrative gulf country.

Now he regrets his move to Qatar and wants a long term future in England. Birmingham are already listening and want to sign him before rivals close in on Zarate.

Al-Sadd wont let him go for an easy price and they will be demanding $20million (£10million) , Birmingham are now reported to be in talks with Al-Sadd.

Newcastle, Tottenham, Liverpool, Manchester City and Sunderland have also expressed interest in Zarate and will be closely monitoring the proceedings.

Zarate's agent has confirmed that talks with the club will happen soon.

"He is very impressed with everything at the club from the management down, he loves the fans and is very happy in the city" Otero told skysports.com